Pin holder



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w. v. BEGEN PIN HOLDER Filed Feb. 9, 1925 gva/manioc Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

WILLIAM v. BERGEN, 0E HILLsnoRo, OREGON.V

PIN HOLDER. y

Application filed February 9, 1925. Serial No. 8,033.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. BERGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsboro, in the county of Washington and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VPin Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pin holders,vand more particularly to a pin holder adapted to retain a paper of pins in such position that a row is readily accessible.

An object of the invention is to provide a pin holder suitably shaped to receive a row of pins and having a slit or opening, the side walls of which are spaced from each other a sufficient distance to permit the pins to be inserted with the heads projecting from the holder and at the same time grasp the shank of the pin with suflicient pressure to retain them in position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device that is simple in construction and cheap to manufacture that may be employed as an advertising novelty.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown one embodiment of the invention. -In this showing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the device showing a paper of pins arranged therein,

Figure 2 is an end elevation,

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view,

Figure 4 is a pers ective view showing a pin cushion attache to the holder,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the device with the paper of pins removed, showing the arrangement of advertising matter on the front, and,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a portion of a paper of pins adapted to be employed in connection with the device.

In the form of the invention shown, I provide an open-ended casing made of metal or other suitable material, which is substantially triangular i-n shape, provided with a base 1, a rear vertical wall 2, and a front inclined wall 3. The casing may be formed of a single sheet of material with the front and rear walls extended from the base and terminating a slight distance from each other to provide a slot 4 which extends from end to end of the casing. The width of the slot is less than the diameter of the head 5 of the pin, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, and the walls of the casing are sufiiciently resilient to grasp the shank 6 of a pin to prevent accidental displacement. As shown, the ends of the'slot are flared, as at 7, to facilitate introduction `of the paper of pins.

Referring to Figure 6 of the drawings, the device is adapted to be used in connection with a paper of pins of ordinary construction, in which the pins 6 are arranged on a sheet of paper 8 which is provided with spaced pairs of crimping 9 through which the pins are extended. In ordinary usage, the paper is folded between the rows of pins and it is necessary to unfold the paper when a pin is to be removed.

The height of the rear wall of the casing is substantially equal to the length of a pin and when the device is employed, one row of pins is adapted to be arranged vertically as shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, and the next row horizontally, as shown, with the remaining rows of pins folded and arranged substantially parallel to Vthe front wall. The device is then inserted from one end by forcing the Shanks of the pins through the slot 4.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, I have shown a pin cushion 10 secured to the rear wall of the casing and adapted to receive loose pins 11. As shown in Figure 5 of the drawings, suitable advertising matter 12 may be applied to the front wall. f

The casing may be formed of any desired shape and provided with the open ends and a slot extending from end to end by means of Whichvthe paper of pins may be inserted in the manner described.

It is to be understoodthat the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope o-f the subjoined claims.

I claim: v

1. A pin holder comprising a substantially triangular casing formed of a single piece of resilient material arranged to provide a base, a substantially vertical rear wall, and an inclined front wall, the adjacent edges of said front and rear Walls being spaced from each other to form a slot for the reception of pins.

2. A pin holder formed of a single piece 5 of resilient material bent to form a hollow substantially triangular easing having a base, a substantially vertical rear Wall, and

an inclined front Wall, the upper edges of the Walls forming a slot, the ends of said slot being flared outwardly. 10 In testimony whereof, I ax my signa-- ture. t'

WILLIAM V. BERGEN. 

